Contemporary Issues in Tourism: Perspectives and Challenges

Edited by Nicolas Papadopoulos

ISBN: 960-6672-00-X, 230 pages, Hardback
First published in 2006 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

List of Contributors

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The Promise and the Challenge of Tourism Research: An Introduction

Dr. Nicolas Papadopoulos, Editor 

                                                                                                                                                                   

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SECTION I: Consumers and Tourism Destinations

 
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A Historical Review of Tourism Destination Image Research: 

From the Observations of Aristotle, to the Branding of Place

Statia Elliot

 

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Nationality-Based Market Segmentation of Tourists

Jan Mřller Jensen

 

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Tourist-Consumer Behavior in Ruey-Li Area, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

Han Chein Lin, Tsui-Ying Huang, and Chiung-Hua Wang,

 

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“Product-Country Image” and “Tourism Destination Image”: An Integrative Review, Implications, and Agenda for Research

Statia Elliot and Nicolas Papadopoulos

 

SECTION II: Events, Regions, and Development

 

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The Event Life Cycle Approach – The Long Marathon from Bidding to Hosting and Finally Creating the Legacy of the Olympic Games

Robert Kaspar

           

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An Overview of Festival and Event Development in Modern China

Yong Joe Zhou and John Ap

 

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Cultural Tourism and Regional Development in Inland Portugal

Eduardo Brito Henriques

 

SECTION III: How the Insiders Feel: Managers and Employees in Tourism

 

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Hotel Quality Factors by the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Mehpare Timor and Seyhan Sipahi

 

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The Importance of Job Satisfaction in Services Marketing and the Case of Simav Eynal Thermal Company

Serpil Yilmaz, Murat Caylak, and Murat Ozcan

 

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How Does Business Ethics Affect Job Satisfaction of Employees? Empirical Evidence from International Tourist Hotels in Taiwan

Chien-Wen Tsai and Hui-Ying Chung

 

SECTION IV: Infrastructure: The Backbone of Tourism

 

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The New Relationships between the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and the Travel Industry Players in Europe

Eric Viardot

 

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Network Analysis as a Tool for the Investigation of Structural Characteristic of Drive Tourism Destinations

Hsin-Yu Shih

 

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Pottery, Pride and Prejudice: Assessing Resident Attitudes to Stoke-on-Trent, England

Linda Phillips and Peter Schofield

 

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